"The X Factor (UK series 5) The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth series was broadcast on ITV from 16 August 2008 until 13 December 2008. Dermot O'Leary returned to present the main show on ITV, while Fearne Cotton was replaced by Holly Willoughby as presenter of spin-off show ""The Xtra Factor"" on ITV2. Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue returned to the judging panel. Sharon Osbourne left after four series and was replaced by Cheryl Cole. The series was won by Alexandra Burke, with Cole emerging as the winning"
"December 2008, by Morter on Facebook in an attempt to make the song the 2008 Christmas number one in the UK. The campaign's purpose was to stop the winner of ""The X Factor"" from gaining the Christmas number one spot, thereby ending the show's chain of success. The year's X Factor winner at the time was Alexandra Burke with her winning song being a cover of Leonard Cohen's ""Hallelujah"". The group attracted nearly 30,000 people in its first week active. Campaigners were encouraged to get as many people as possible to download the song from iTunes between 15 and 20"
"The X Factor (UK series 8) ""The X Factor"" is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eighth series commenced airing on ITV on 20 August 2011 and ended on 11 December 2011. The winner was Little Mix, a four-piece girl group known earlier in the series as Rhythmix, consisting of members Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall. They became the first act in the groups category to win in the UK show's history with new judge Tulisa emerging as their winning mentor. Dermot O'Leary presented the main show on ITV, while Caroline"
"he swore during a live show and was also shown drinking heavily with some friends. The X Factor (UK series 8) ""The X Factor"" is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eighth series commenced airing on ITV on 20 August 2011 and ended on 11 December 2011. The winner was Little Mix, a four-piece girl group known earlier in the series as Rhythmix, consisting of members Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall. They became the first act in the groups category to win in the UK show's history with new judge Tulisa"
"Christmas songs, including Wham!'s ""Last Christmas"" and ""Fairytale of New York"" by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, returned to the chart throughout December. Alexandra Burke won the fifth series of ""The X Factor"" on 13 December, and released her debut single - a cover of Leonard Cohen's track ""Hallelujah"" - on 14 December. The single sold 576,000 copies in its first week of release, and was the Christmas number one single of 2008. The late Jeff Buckley's version of ""Hallelujah"" - originally recorded for his 1994 album ""Grace"" - charted at number two, following a campaign to raise Buckley's version"
"winner of the fifth series of the reality television show ""The X Factor"", released a condensed cover version of the song as a prize for her victory. It reached Christmas number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 December 2008. The release of Burke's cover created interest in the previous versions of the song, including a Buckley fan campaign to take Buckley's cover to the top of the Christmas chart and therefore deny Burke the top spot. The campaign was fuelled by Buckley fans' dislike of ""The X Factor""s commercialism and the song's arrangement, as well as their desire"
"The X Factor (UK series 6) The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009. Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year, the first time in the show's history that a mentor has won back-to-back series. The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary, with spin-off show ""The Xtra Factor"" presented by Holly Willoughby on ITV2. McElderry's winner's single was a cover version of Miley Cyrus's ""The Climb"". Public auditions by"
"X Factor"" winner Leon Jackson in December 2007. The single was available to download from midnight after the result of the show on December 15, 2007, and a CD was rush-released mid-week, on December 19, 2007. This was unusual as most new singles were released on a Monday to gain maximum sales for the UK Singles Chart the following Sunday. Exceptions included the previous two ""X Factor"" winners whose were singles released in this fashion, in order for them to compete to be the Christmas number-one single, which they all became. A video for the single was made by each"
"after she won, and sold over 100,000 copies to become the Christmas number one on 22 December. This made Bailey the first ""X Factor"" winner since Matt Cardle in 2010 to gain the Christmas number one (series 8 winners Little Mix and series 9 winner James Arthur both released their winners' singles two weeks before the Christmas chart, thus avoiding the Christmas number-one battle, although they both charted in the top three of the Christmas chart regardless). On 24 November, it was revealed that the winner's single, like Arthur's, would be a charity release to raise money for Together for"
"The X Factor (Australia season 8) The X Factor was an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which received a Sony Music Australia recording contract. The eighth and final season, branded as X Factor: Next Generation, premiered on Seven Network on 3 October 2016. Jason Dundas replaced Luke Jacobz as host; with the judging panel consisting of Guy Sebastian, Iggy Azalea, Adam Lambert and Mel B. The winner was Isaiah Firebrace and his winner's single ""It's Gotta Be You"" was released after the final. He was mentored"
"X Factor (Icelandic TV series) X Factor was the Icelandic version of the popular British television show The X Factor. It premiered in Reykjavík on November 17, 2006 with actress Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir hosting the show. The judges were the talent agent and businessman Einar Bárðarson, rock musician Elínborg Halldórsdóttir and pop singer Paul Oscar. Previously both Einar and Páll Óskar had been judges in ""Idol stjörnuleit"", the Icelandic version of ""Pop Idol"". In the finals of ""X Factor"" held in Vetrargarðinum, Smáralind, a large shopping center in Iceland, singer and hair dresser Jógvan Hansen from Faroe Islands was the winner."
"Alexandra Burke Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. Burke won the fifth series of British television series ""The X Factor"" in 2008. She has been signed to Epic Records, RCA Records and Syco Music. After winning ""The X Factor"", Burke released the winner's single ""Hallelujah"", which became the European record holder for single sales over a period of 24 hours, selling 105,000 in one day, and became the top-selling single of 2008 in the UK and the UK's Christmas 2008 number one. By January 2009, the single had sold over"
"X Factor (Swedish TV series) X Factor was the Swedish version of ""The X Factor"", with the only season of the series debuting on September 9, 2012 and ending on December 7, 2012. The winner of the series was Awa Santesson-Sey. TV4 announced in January 2013 that ""Idol"", another singing talent show seeking to discover the best singer through nationwide auditions, would return in 2013 and that ""X Factor"" will not continue. Contestant in ""Boys"" category In the show's only season, each judge was allocated a category to mentor and chose three acts to progress to the live shows. This"
"""X Factor"" judge Nicole Scherzinger. The following night, she sang her winner's single, a cover of ""Skyscraper"" by Demi Lovato. Later, having received more than 1 million votes over the course of the weekend, she was announced as the winner. When the voting statistics were announced on ""The X Factor"" afterwards, Bailey was revealed to have received the most public votes seven times out of ten. As the winner, she received a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music and the opportunity to support Beyoncé on the UK leg of The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in February 2014. Bailey"
"The X Factor (UK series 4) The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourth series was broadcast on ITV from 18 August 2007 and was won by Leon Jackson on 15 December 2007, with Rhydian Roberts finishing as the runner-up and Dannii Minogue emerging as the winning mentor. Dermot O'Leary presented for the first time, replacing Kate Thornton, who had been presenting the show since series 1 in 2004. Fearne Cotton replaced Ben Shephard as presenter on the spin-off show ""The Xtra Factor"". The original judging panel consisted of Simon Cowell, Sharon"
"by playback singer Shreya Ghoshal, singer Sonu Nigam and film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The show was hosted by Aditya Narayan. Key: Geet Sagar from Gwalior[3] was announced winner of the show. As a prize he won Rs. 5 million, a car & an opportunity to sing in Karan Johar's movie. He recorded the title track ""Draamebaaz"" for the film ""Nautanki Saala!"" (2013). He has also been singing for TV commercials & jingles like Cinthol, GoIbibo.com, Parachute Tender Hair & Care, Garnier, Marvel Tea, among others. X Factor India X Factor India is the Indian version of ""The X Factor"","
"the top by Take That's album Beautiful World. These remained on top of the charts for two more weeks. During this time there were hit singles from Emma Bunton's Official Children in Need song Downtown, Chris Cornell's You Know My Name which was used in ""Casino Royale"", Cliff Richard's 21st Century Christmas and Wind It Up from No Doubt front woman Gwen Stefani. ""The X Factor"" was won by Leona Lewis, beating former child actor Raymond Quinn in the final. She became the first female winner of the show. Her debut single ""A Moment Like This"" was chosen for whomever"
"acts he or she put through to the live shows. Key: The first series of the show aired from September to December 2009 and the winner was 26-year-old Sébastien Agius from the ""Over 25"" category. The judges were Alain Lanty, Julie Zenatti and Marc Cerrone. The final 9 acts were confirmed as follows: Key: Color key: Based on a generally good public reception, and after some speculations, ""X Factor"" came back for a second season in March 2011 on M6 (mother TV channel of W9), in place of ""Nouvelle Star"", the French ""Pop Idol"", programmed on M6 since 7 years"
"X-Faktor (series 8) X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. Kiss Ramona presented his second series of X-Faktor. The eighth series aired on RTL Klub in 2018. ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár, Peti Puskás, Gigi Radics remained in the jury in the 8th season. USNK won the competiton and became the second group to win and also for the first time on the show that the final two were from the groups category. Open auditions took place in Budapest on 16 February 2018. The judges' auditions started on June in Budapest. This year there were no guest"
"""The X Factor"" in September 2013 alongside Demi Lovato, while Britney Spears and L.A. Reid announced they would not be returning and were replaced by Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio. Cowell's last act Alex & Sierra won the season, marking Cowell's second season as the winning mentor after he won with Melanie Amaro in 2011. In October 2010, Cowell signed new three-year deals with ITV for both ""Britain's Got Talent"" and ""The X Factor"", retaining them until 2013. On 15 November 2013, the three-year deal was extended by a further three years, keeping it on air until 2016. In October"
"public votes than Hey Mary from deadlock and had to leave the competition. But after checking the votes, it was revealed that Hey Mary had received the fewest votes in that week. Therefore, it was decided that both acts would continue to Week 5; to make up for this, two acts would be eliminated in Week 5. X Factor (Swedish TV series) X Factor was the Swedish version of ""The X Factor"", with the only season of the series debuting on September 9, 2012 and ending on December 7, 2012. The winner of the series was Awa Santesson-Sey. TV4 announced"
"The X Factor (UK series 7) ""The X Factor"" is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh series started on ITV on 21 August 2010 and ended on 12 December 2010. The winner was Matt Cardle. Cardle was mentored throughout the show by Dannii Minogue as mentor. After the victory, he released his debut single ""When We Collide"". A total of 15,448,019 votes were cast throughout the series. It was presented by Dermot O'Leary, with spin-off show ""The Xtra Factor"" presented by Konnie Huq on ITV2, who took over from Holly Willoughby. The competition was"
"Factor started airing in October 2008 on ANT1 and was hosted by singer Sakis Rouvas. The judges were Giorgos Levendis, songwriter Giorgos Theofanous, marketing executive of ANT1 TV, Katerina Gagaki and music critic Nikos Mouratidis. The winner of the 1st X-Factor was Loukas Giorkas, who released his debut EP album on September 2009. A second series of X Factor was broadcated by ANT1 TV. The live shows debuted on October 30. The host and the judges remain the same as in the first series.The winner of the 2nd X-Factor was Stavros Michalakakos. A third season of X Factor was broadcast"
"3 ! scope=""row"" | Live show 4 ! scope=""row"" | Final X-Faktor (series 8) X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. Kiss Ramona presented his second series of X-Faktor. The eighth series aired on RTL Klub in 2018. ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár, Peti Puskás, Gigi Radics remained in the jury in the 8th season. USNK won the competiton and became the second group to win and also for the first time on the show that the final two were from the groups category. Open auditions took place in Budapest on 16 February 2018. The judges' auditions"
"of the show on 15 December 2007, and a CD was released on 19 December 2007. This is unusual as most new singles are released on a Monday to gain maximum sales for the UK Singles Chart the following Sunday. Exceptions included the previous two ""X Factor"" winners whose singles released in this fashion, in order for them to compete to be the Christmas number-one single, which they all became. A video for the single was made by each of the final four of the series, Jackson, Rhydian Roberts, Same Difference, and Niki Evans. However, only the winner's version of"
"released to download on 16 December 2007, with the physical format following on 19 December. The single became that year's Christmas Number One in the UK Singles Chart. The series was Sharon Osbourne's final series as a judge and was replaced the following year by Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole. On 11 February 2008, Jackson began the ""X Factor Live"" tour in the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland with Rhydian Roberts, Same Difference and the eight other finalists from the 2007 show. They continued the tour in other venues around the UK until 21 March when the tour finished"
"Sam Bailey Samantha Florence ""Sam"" Bailey (born 29 June 1977) is an English singer, songwriter and musical actress, known for winning the tenth series of ""The X Factor"" in 2013. Following her win, her debut single, a cover of Demi Lovato's ""Skyscraper"" was released on 15 December 2013, achieving the Christmas number one on 22 December 2013. She was the first ""X Factor"" winner in three years to gain the Christmas number one spot. On 24 February 2014, Bailey supported Beyoncé on one of the dates of her UK leg of The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, as well as"
"performed the single again being joined by the other X Factor contestants, and at parts she was too moved to sing. The single went on to become the Christmas number one of 2008, holding the top spot for three weeks and selling one million copies. There was also a campaign to take Jeff Buckley's cover of ""Hallelujah"" to the top of the Christmas chart to deny Burke the top spot. The campaign was fuelled by Jeff Buckley fans' dislike of ""The X Factor""s commercialism and the song's arrangement, as well as a desire by this contingent to introduce younger music"
"released before the deadline. He sang with a complete band behind him which included guitars, drums and a keyboard. At the end of voting, Stefan Ilchev with 37.12%, Zona with 32.70% and Martin Aleksandrov with 11.32% qualified for the December selection final. The jury's choice was Aleksandrov, who placed fourth in the televote. Results The December selection final was held on December 18, 2008. The nine songs that qualified from heats seven through nine were performed once more with some participants altering their routines. Out of the nine songs, only the top three, chosen by televoting, would go on to"
"of the final four of the series; Jackson, Rhydian Roberts, Same Difference and Niki Evans. However, only the winner's version of the song and video was released. The song ended 2007 as the year's fourth biggest-selling single in the UK and remained number one into 2008. However, it only managed to stay in the top 40 for seven weeks, despite being atop the chart for three weeks. It also soon disappeared from the top 100, and was gone by late February. The music video, like previous ""X Factor"" winners singles, is very simple, with Jackson singing the song in front"
"of a large projection, with swooping shots of various landscapes behind him. It also features several clips from his time in ""The X Factor"", from his first audition to the moment he was announced the winner and performed his single to close the series. Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh, Dermot O'Leary and runner-up Rhydian Roberts all feature within the clips. On December 23, 2007, it debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, making it the coveted Christmas number one with sales of over 275,000 copies. It stayed at number one for three weeks until it"
"The X Factor (UK series 2) ""The X Factor"" is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The second series ran from 20 August to 17 December 2005. Shayne Ward became the winner and Louis Walsh emerged was the winning mentor. The second series was longer than the first, with seven acts in each of the three categories going to the judges' homes, and 12 acts in the finals instead of 9. Kate Thornton returned as presenter of the main show on ITV and Ben Shepherd presented the spin-off show ""The Xtra Factor"" on ITV2, while Simon"
"reverted to the earlier public vote. Ostap Skorokhod received the fewest votes and was eliminated. X Factor (Ukraine series 8) X Factor is a Ukrainian television music competition to find new singing talent and part of a British franchise ""The X Factor"". The eight series began on 2 September 2017 and will conclude on 30 December 2017. The judging panel consists of Oleg Vinnik, Nastya Kamenskykh, Dmitry Shurov and Andriy Danylko. Andrey Bednyakov returned as presenter of the main show on STB. With each act receiving two votes, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Kseniya Popova received"